No poor bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making other bastards die for their country.
GEORGE S. PATTONMoral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.
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Fatigue makes cowards of us all.
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War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
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No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.
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Officers must assert themselves by example and by voice.
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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
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Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.
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War is simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage it.
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There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.
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I am a soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.
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The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.
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Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
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Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
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It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
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Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
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Do your duty as you see it, and damn the consequences.
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